Apparatus for loading and reloading revolvers



Dec. 9, 1 J. w. EDMANDS APPARATUS FOR LOADING AND RELOADING REVOLVERS Filed Nov. 15, 1950 -INVENTOR.

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Application November 13, 1950, Serial No. 195,326

2 Claims.

This invention relates to a novel apparatus for loading and reloading a revolver.

The invention for an object to provide a novel apparatus for use rapidly and efii ciently loading or reloading a revolver, constructed so that all of the chambers of a revolver may be loaded simultaneously, thus eliminating the time-consuming steps of removing each individual cartridge from a holder and then individually inserting each in the chamber of the revolver being loaded until the weapon is completely loaded.

With this general object in view and such others as may hereinafter appear, the invention consists in the apparatus for loading or reloading a revolver hereinafter described and particularly defined the claims at the end of this specification.

In the drawings illustrating the preferred embodiment of the invention, Fig. l is a plan view of the transfer apparatus illustrating the completly assembled apparatus; Fig. 2 is a cross-sectional vi "w taken along the line 22 of Fig. l illustrating the position of the cartridge in the transfer apparatus just prior to insertion thereof into the cartridge chambers of the revolver; Fig. 3 is a cross-sectional plan view taken along the line 3-3 of 2 showing the recesses and holes of the transfer apparatus held out of alignment by the spring, the amount governed by the stop pin set in an oversized hole; Fi l is a partial cross section similar to 2 showing the retaining means in operative position locking the cartridges in position within the transfer apparatus; Fig. 5 is a plan view of a modified form of a completely assembled transfer apparatus illustrating the retaining means in the form of a compression spring; Fig. 8 is a side elevation of Fig. 5 illustrating finger grips for lifting and/ or carrying the transfer apparatus; and Fig. '7 is a perspective view of the holder illustrating the spaced relationship of the cartridges held therein just prior to the appli ation of the transfer apparatus.

Prior to the present invention the loading or reloading steps necessary to the use and operation of a revolver comprised a time-consuming process involving individual insertion in succession of each of a plurality of cartridges into the cartridge chambers of the revolver. Consequently, after a round of ammunition was fired the revolver became substantially useless during the long reloading period. The present invention contemplates novel apparatus which when used facilitates the rapid and eflicient loading or reloading of all of the cylinder chambers of the revolver in one operation, thereby greatly increasing the speed and eificiency obtainable in the use of this type of weapon.

The invention preferably. contemplates a holder for correctly positioning the cartridges with the flanged ends thereof upwardly in order that the flanged ends may be received by transfer apparatus for rapid transfer therefrom .to the cartridge chambers of the cylinder of the revolver, thereby enabling the loading operation to be completed in a matter of a few seconds. This novel apparatus practically eliminates the length of time during which the fired revolver remains inoperative for lack of ammunition. Numerous holders may be carried upon the person using the revolver together with a transfer apparatus, thus permitting the revolver to be rapidly loaded and reloaded as many times as there are filled holders carried.

Referring now to the drawing, the invention contemplates two relatively movable members [0, i2, herein shown as comprising two rotatable disks mounted to pivot around a hub M comprising a part of the disk 12. The two disks Ill, i2 and a cover member l8 are fastened together by a screw l6 screwed into the hub It. The disk in is provided with a plurality of recesses 2b of a depth slightly greater than the thickness of the cartridge flange 22 and the disk 52 is provided with a plurality of holes 25-, as shown in Fig. 3. The recesses 28 and holes 24 are spaced and disposed in a position corresponding to the chambers in the cylinder of the revolver to be loaded. Provision is made for retaining the flanged ends of a plurality of cartridges in the position shown in Fig. 2 in order that a plurality of the cartridges may be simultaneously transferred into the chambers of the cylinder of the revolver in a minimum time, and as herein shown a tension spring 26 is secured at 28 to the hub I4 of the disk [2 and at its other end is secured to the disk H] at 3B. The tension spring causes the disks I0, l2 to rotate in opposite directions, the amount of rotation being governed by a stop pin 32 set in an oversized hole 34. When the disks are moved to align the holes and recesses, the upper flanged ends of a plurality of cartridges arranged in a holder, as illustrated in Fig. 7, may be inserted into the holes and recesses, and thereafter the disks l0, 52 released to permit the spring to relatively rotate them and to tightly clamp the flanged ends of the cartridges in the transfer apparatus with a portion of the flanges resting upon the upper surface of the disk I2 and also clamping the body of the cartridge between the opposite sides of the recesses and holes in the disks H), I2, as shown in Fig. 4. Preferably, the disks I9, I2 are provided with lugs 36, 38 which when manually compressed cause the disks l0, [2 to rotate to align the recesses 20 and holes 24. The lugs 36, 38 will be compressed when the transfer member is being fitted over the cartridges and also again compressed to permit the cartridges to fall from the recesses and holes and into the chambers of the cylinder of the revolver disposed immediately below the same.

As shown in Fig. 7, the cartridges 42 with their flanged ends upward may be positioned within a holder 46 which is provided with a plurality of holes adapted to receive and hold the size cartridge to be used in the revolver to be loaded. The holes are spaced in the same relation as are the chambers of the revolver cylinder and as the recesses 20 and holes 24 of the transfer apparatus. The transfer apparatus is positioned above the cartridges in the holder as shown in Fig. 7, and the lugs 36, 38 are then compressed thereby aligning the recesses 20 and holes 24, and the transfer member is thereafter lowered so that the cartridges 42 fit into the aligned recesses 29 and holes 24. The lugs are then released and the cartridges 42 secured within the transfer apparatus as shown in Fig. 4. The transfer member is then positioned so that the projectile ends 50 of the cartridges 42 are perfectly aligned with the chambers of the revolver cylinder, the lugs are again compressed, aligning the recesses 20 and holes 24 to permit the cartridges 42 to fall into the chambers of the revolver cylinder, thereby simultaneously loading all of the chambers of the revolver.

In a modified form of the invention illustrated in Fig. 5, a compression spring 52 is positioned between and has its ends attached to lugs 54, 56. The recesses 20 and holes 24 of the transfer member are aligned by compression of the lugs 54, 56. In a normal position the compression spring 52 causes the recesses 20 and holes 24 in disks l 0, l2 respectively to move out of alignment for the same purpose as does the tension spring 26 in the preferred form shown in Fig. 3. Fig. 6 illustrates a finger grip 58 for lifting and carrying the transfer member while cartridges are retained therein to prevent accidental compression of the lugs 54, 56 and unintentional displacement of the cartridges from the transfer apparatus.

In practice, a plurality of the holders 46 may be carried about the users person, as on a belt, to facilitate a plurality of rapid reloading operations.

While the preferred embodiments of the invention have been herein illustrated and described, it will be understood that the invention may be embodied in other forms within the scope of the following claims.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed is:

1. Transfer apparatus for use in loading a revolver with flanged cartridges, comprising; a pair of relatively thin disc members pivoted together in face-to-face relation about an axis normal thereto, a plurality of cylindrical openings through one of said disc members, said openings being spaced about said axis and disposed corresponding to the holes in the cylinder of the revolver to be loaded, a plurality of correspondingly arranged cylindrical recesses in that face of the other disc member adjacent said one disc member, the diameters of said openings and recesses being slightly greater than the diameter of a cartridge flange and the depth of said recesses being slightly greater than the thickness of a cartridge flange, said disc members being relatively rotatable about said axis to align said openings and recesses whereby to receive cartridges through said openings to position the flanges thereof in said recesses whereby said disc members may then be partially rotated to move said cartridges laterally in said openings and position portions of said flanges against the inner face of said one disc member.

2. An apparatus as defined in claim 1 wherein said disc members are provided with cooperating stop means to limit relative rotation of said members in one direction to a position where said openings and recesses are in axial alignment, spring means tending to rotate said members in the other direction, and a generally radial handle on each member.

JOHN WILEY EDMANDS.

REFERENCES CITED The following references are of record in the file of this patent:

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